Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Program Year

2024

Achievement

2024

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Borough of Franklin Park

Borough of Franklin Park, PA

Dennis O'Keefe

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The Borough of Franklin Park is a quiet, safe, residential municipality located in Allegheny County, PA. It is approximately twenty (20) miles north of the City of Pittsburgh, encompasses 13.5 square miles, and has a population of 15,500. The Borough has four parks, 280 total acres of protected green space and continues to work on providing natural habitats, gardens, and meadow areas with the commitment to monarch and pollinator conservation. Mayor O’Keefe, Borough Council, and the Borough’s EAC are committed to protecting, preserving, and enhancing natural areas.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2024

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
Engage with Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing programs.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Dennis O'Keefe	2025	3/24/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Dennis O'Keefe	2024	2/20/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Dennis O'Keefe	2023	3/31/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Dennis O'Keefe	2022	3/29/2022	Signatories	View Pledge